Best gaming laptop <18k baht?

The budget in local currency is 18,000 THB (Thai Baht), looking to purchase something online \[here\]([https://www.lazada.co.th/catalog/?q=Gaming%20laptop&price=12500-18000](https://www.lazada.co.th/catalog/?q=Gaming%20laptop&price=12500-18000)) which is the Thai equivalent of Amazon albeit with tons of scams so need to select something that has many positive reviews (even that can be fake) or “LazMall” 100% authentic.

Does i5 vs. i7 make a HUGE difference in gaming and video editing? I see we have tons of i5 options available, i7 not so much.

Primary use of the laptop would be for work. Gaming isn’t so important. Looking for a gaming laptop because many tabs in web browsers will need to be opened at the same time + video editing, so I’m thinking to get something semi-capable for gaming so that a video could be processing at the same time work on a web browser is being done.

SSD would be nice, 256-512gb or so. Additional storage isn’t important. We have plenty of external hard drives.

Would prefer something more lightweight & somewhat durable, not too big but not too small either. Something like 15-16 inch screen length, 14 probably okay.

i5 is probably okay but I’m no expert… I don’t really have a reference because I’ve owned and currently own i7 GS65 stealth which was a gift. But this laptop is getting old..

\*\*TL;DR Thai market looking for <$500 USD laptop capable of basic video editing processing + several tabs/browsers open at once so I think a gaming laptop would be ideal. 256gb SSD is fine, storage isn’t important got tons of external hard drives. Looking to purchase online at website called “Lazada” and specifically the “LazMall 100% authentic” filter (18k baht local currency). Thanks!\*\*

Edit: Currently looking at [this](https://www.lazada.co.th/products/2023-asus-latest-intel-core-i7-8550u-windows11-ram-16gb-sdd-512gb-3-i4804730578.html?spm=a2o4m.searchlist.list.48.335c5fd5TjJAgd). Also is more RAM necessary or not? [This one](https://www.lazada.co.th/products/msi-gf63-thin-11uc-1233th-notebook-intel-i5-11400hhm5708gb-by-speed-gaming-i4380949538.html?spm=a2o4m.searchlist.list.10.380f5fd5oX0JOh) is of interest but a fairly large stretch from budget by +$100USD. So right now I’m leaning towards the ASUS, would that be a good one? Plus it’s only $411 USD!!

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